| Regimental number | 4/1113 |
| Address | 6 Jones Street, Dunedin |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M M Dawson, 6 Jones Street, Dunedin |
| Rank on embarkation | Sapper |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot VIA, Row C, Grave No 15), nr Ieper, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Oliver and Matilda Mary Dawson, 17 Reid Road, South Dunedin |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Sixth |